Four others were injured while battling a 1,500-acre fire near Twisp

Three firefighters were killed and four others were injured while battling a wildfire in Washington state on Wednesday, one of dozens raging throughout the drought-parched West.

The firefighters, whose names weren’t immediately released, died battling a 1,500-acre fire near Twisp, Wash., a town of about 900 people in the north-central part of the state, authorities said. Evacuation orders are now in effect for the sparsely populated...